Wireless sprinter problem

[Msradell]

I have a problem with my Wireless printer (HP4620) losing connection with my undue rules i38HG.  Both the printer and the gateway have been replaced already.  Sometimes it will work for several weeks before losing connectivity other times only a day or two.  The IP address of the printer remains the same all I have to do it 3 establish the connection.  Other than installing an additional router downstream of the gateway for the connection it is there any other solution for the problem? 

[gregzoll_1]

If you have a Windows PC with a Wifi card, run inSSIDer to see what kind of signal you are getting where the printer sits. Most likely you do not have a great enough signal, or have been leaving the printer on all of the time, letting it go into standby, which then at that time, the RG or iNID forgets that the device is on the network any longer.

When not using the printer, just shut it down. No need for it to be up and in standby 24x7 in a household. Even in a office setting, we set our network connected printers to shut down after 8 hours non-use, 5 min's after a print job runs.

[Msradell]

I've checked the signal strength in its a full five bars at the printer.  I've tried turning it off vs.  letting it go into standby and that doesn't make a difference.  The printer keeps the IP address as does the software on the PC.  It's definitely related to the IG somehow.

[gregzoll_1]

Try using a different A/P, than the one that ATT supplies. I am using the Netgear WN802T-200NAS without any problems. Only thing that connects to the RG, is my son's Android phone, and our Wifi thermostat, which has a Wireless-B radio.

For some reason, Android devices wreck havoc with the WN802, by flooding it, causing it to go offline, is why I placed it on the RG.